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Well, what can I say about Oreimo that hasn't been really said a thousand times, eh?

Oreimo is the story of Kyousuke Kousaka, a 17 year old high school student who doesn't get along with his younger sister, Kirino, ever since they were kids. They both never really acknowledged each other's presence and actually ignored each other as much as possible. It seemed like their relationship would stay
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Well, what can I say about Oreimo that hasn't been really said a thousand times, eh?

Oreimo is the story of Kyousuke Kousaka, a 17 year old high school student who doesn't get along with his younger sister, Kirino, ever since they were kids. They both never really acknowledged each other's presence and actually ignored each other as much as possible. It seemed like their relationship would stay as cold and distant as ever. However, all that changes when Kyousuke finds a DVD case that, while on the cover has a title of an anime called "Stardust Witch Meruru!", actually contains an adult video titled "Love with Little Sister!" He eventually finds out that his sister is the owner of the DVD, and actually is an avid fan and collector of similar games and videos.

REVIEW
Oreimo was quite an enjoyable ride. Each character was pleasant to watch from start to finish, and the storyline had a very good combination of comedy and romance. There were even some pretty heartwrenching moments sprinkled around as well. But, even with all the pleasantries, I felt like I was in a relationship with this show, and I was suddenly it broke up with me.

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OREIMO REALLY SCREWED UP WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING SHOW. I'm sorry (no I'm not), but the ending of this show really put a huge damper on what this anime could have been. I mean, leaving not one, but 3 possible people for your sister was one of the worst ways to finish this story. Plus the fact that they won't even be truly together kind of spoil the whole "forbidden love" thing they had going on, as weird as it was.

The relationship between Kirino and Kyousuke did have their teasing siscon moments, but I didn't think that they actually would be together, with the way the entire relationship was set up. I thought that they would simply become closer, not close enough to become a couple. The last three episodes became a tad bit like a chore after the whole "marry me" scene. Ugh. (RurixKyou... </3)

Even so, I suggest that you take this ride anyway, and experience what many of us have experienced. You'll regret it, but at the same time, you won't.

The characters were great. They draw you in fast and connect you to their world. The ending was a little flat, but I think it was a good choice. Some people see the ending as closed and concrete, I believe it was pretty open at the end. Things happened and they can't go back, but they CAN still go forward. The characters are the major selling point to this show, for me at least and they were
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The characters were great. They draw you in fast and connect you to their world. The ending was a little flat, but I think it was a good choice. Some people see the ending as closed and concrete, I believe it was pretty open at the end. Things happened and they can't go back, but they CAN still go forward. The characters are the major selling point to this show, for me at least and they were themselves through and through until the end.

It WAS fun to begin wit, but I hate how they ended this. I just hate it guts and all. There is no way they should have ended this show like this. I was like if you're going to go the incest route, sure, fine, but actually GO THROUGH with it instead of having some wimp out ending where they say yep, all that hardship we had you go through so you could be happy with your win-cest?
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It WAS fun to begin wit, but I hate how they ended this. I just hate it guts and all. There is no way they should have ended this show like this. I was like if you're going to go the incest route, sure, fine, but actually GO THROUGH with it instead of having some wimp out ending where they say yep, all that hardship we had you go through so you could be happy with your win-cest? Whelp, doesn't matter anymore 'cause you're not going through with it HA HA HA HA isn't that FUN.

Poor Kuroneko actually had dates with the guy and was probably the most pissed about all of this. I was super pissed, I wanted to kill the guy for doing that. To top it off all the girls he met ended up liking the guy 'cause anime logic. They better finish it off proper. If not this should be considered the worst anime ever. DAMMIT I CAN'T THINK OF THIS ANIME AND NOT BE PISSED OFF, I MEAN THEY DO THE WEDDING AND SAY GOOD WERE DONE TAKE THE RINGS OFF AND LEAVE! LIKE WTF????

In particular this like many others of it genre are based upon an akward brother sister love this anime was still great to me and even though it might have had a weird turn out between kirino and her brother if you continued after season one into season 2 you know what kinda of weird plot you are getting into so oreimo gets 4 stars from me

Now I liked the first season. It was okay until the second season then things get weird.
I'm not to nit pick relationships, but when it's family that's just lazy. And for all the girls that did like this dunce, I felt sorry for them. This where I say the relationship between brother and sister should have stayed strained. SPOILER ALERT

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I, like everyone else who gave this a bad

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Now I liked the first season. It was okay until the second season then things get weird.
I'm not to nit pick relationships, but when it's family that's just lazy. And for all the girls that did like this dunce, I felt sorry for them. This where I say the relationship between brother and sister should have stayed strained. SPOILER ALERT

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I, like everyone else who gave this a bad review, watched the OVA this is where all the bad things happened. Mind you I don't pay heed to incest, but it's an anime. In this case it's all about the execution. You don't have your little sister and your best friend fight and at the same time break her heart and send her home with glasses broken.

While the anime has it's real life brother and sister moments the romance part between the brother and sister messed up the entire show for me.
The character growth that was suppose to be there is non existent. I cannot recommend this anime unless you are into an immature anime. Note I do not care if they fall in love as brother and sister. But as they say it's all in the execution. And that's poorly done.

This is a story about 2 people that hate each other on the surface. over time you learn that it wasn't always that way. By trying to experience those feelings from the past and holding at heart. they push every one away just to reach a conclusion of a happy ending.

Now for all you people that just started watching this and for those who have only watched Oreimo on Crunchyroll. I tell you this,
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This is a story about 2 people that hate each other on the surface. over time you learn that it wasn't always that way. By trying to experience those feelings from the past and holding at heart. they push every one away just to reach a conclusion of a happy ending.

Now for all you people that just started watching this and for those who have only watched Oreimo on Crunchyroll. I tell you this, don't jump to the second season till you see the OVA. They do fallow the story and at the end of the second season. You will be greatly disappointed if you end it at the 13 episode mark. To complete the series look up the OVA's. Try not to look into this work of art with a negative eye but with bias thoughts.

This is a wounder full anime and I hope you enjoy or enjoyed it as much as i did.

Ok, so I got sucked into another romcom, but I enjoyed every last minute... except for the last 20 or so, more on that later. The character animation is a bit simple and the backgrounds while good weren't eye popping, however I do love the look of Akiba no matter how basic. The character development and story line are what really makes this series shine, the subtle diversities and individuality of
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Ok, so I got sucked into another romcom, but I enjoyed every last minute... except for the last 20 or so, more on that later. The character animation is a bit simple and the backgrounds while good weren't eye popping, however I do love the look of Akiba no matter how basic. The character development and story line are what really makes this series shine, the subtle diversities and individuality of each is very well done. The opening music is a well crafted and catchy bit of pop that complimented the series, I remember not liking season 2 music as much though it was still appropriate.
On the subject of season 2, I liked it almost as much as the first and was glad to see there was one. With that said, the last ep should have been put somewhere in the middle, it did not work at all for closing the series. I have heard there are two more out there (not on CR), and after some of those reviews I am still debating whether or not to watch. The bottom line, great series, loved it!

So i really just pushed myself into this anime, I knew what i was getting into, and i knew what this anime was all about. Yes the otaku culture once again makes its way into another anime, and one word to sum it all up.... Eroge. To be honest I was fine with this, i mean if you actually watch the entire anime it's really good, like it's actually enjoyable to get into. Yes I know at some parts it
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So i really just pushed myself into this anime, I knew what i was getting into, and i knew what this anime was all about. Yes the otaku culture once again makes its way into another anime, and one word to sum it all up.... Eroge. To be honest I was fine with this, i mean if you actually watch the entire anime it's really good, like it's actually enjoyable to get into. Yes I know at some parts it really submerges you into the real gritty parts of the eroge lifestyle between siblings and such, but to be blatantly honest the message within the anime itself really showed you what true love and connection between someone really is regardless of family ties.

It was almost a guilty pleasure to enjoy this because you know what the outcome is in the end, well CR doesn't provide you with the actual ending of course, i think there are 3 episodes left in the last season, but in a way i'm actually glad they did this. This way it shows you all of the characters true colors, and i'm seriously loving episode 12 of season 2, and i really wish it would have ended up that way, but then again we all know what the viewers really wanted, or do we?

The music is great, Season 1 opener was by far the best, i'm a guy and it has me bobbing my head like an idiot, but hey what can you do.

The characters is what really drives these kinds of anime, and it delivered. Somehow this show always made you cringe in every possible way, either from joy, or disgust, but you loved it either way, and never felt like you needed to stop watching. Although they really killed the pacing a bit and sort of dragged it on due to one particular character. She actually got an entire episode dedicated to her back story, i'm like sure, but why take it this far when you're not even going to relish the outcome of the episode, it just felt meh and probably only needed half an episode tops if she was that important.

Other than a few gripes about the show it's a joy to partake in. Although if you feel uncomfortable about the whole brother and sister relationship going further than just living under a roof together, then at some parts it will be rather difficult to accept, even I don't fully condone this, but for the sake of it being an anime, everyone in the show needs to accept this fact for it to be acceptable, and they really took the time to do that, so props for that. The longer you watch this and fully finish the entire anime you really ease into the situation with a little bit more leniency, and in the end it really has great characters driving the story to a quality finish.

Final score based on stars , 3.9 out of 5 making this anime an enjoyable experience, but a very questionable watch if you cannot accept certain otaku cultures. or really suggestive scenes.

Oreimo seemed like your typical harem romance; numerous, cute animated girls attracted to the same guy who happens to be really kind to others. But what makes this anime very bland at the end is the choices our poor protagonist makes.

Oreimo focuses on the life of Kyosuke Kosaka, a typical high school student who has a popular model for a sister, Kirino. They used to get along very well when
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Oreimo seemed like your typical harem romance; numerous, cute animated girls attracted to the same guy who happens to be really kind to others. But what makes this anime very bland at the end is the choices our poor protagonist makes.

Oreimo focuses on the life of Kyosuke Kosaka, a typical high school student who has a popular model for a sister, Kirino. They used to get along very well when they were young, but as Kyosuke grew up, his sister grew more and more distant from him.

Until one day, he notices a DVD of "Little-Sister Eroge" which fell out of his sister's purse. When he asks her about it, she takes him into her room in the middle of the night to reveal her secret collection of Anime and even more "Little-Sister Eroge". Turns out, his sister is a closet Otaku (slang for anime nerd), especially visual novels involving romances between older brothers and younger sisters. He decides to help her with her addiction to anime by helping her get new friends who are also Otaku's and getting her copies of the latest visual novels.

As soon as Episode 1 flew by, I automatically picked up on the HUGE older brother complex that Kirino has for Kyosuke. I didn't like it at first, especially because of her selfish attitude and how she treats everyone like a "tool". I really didn't like where this was headed, but thankfully more girls came along (did I just say that I wanted a harem to happen?).

There's Saori, who's in charge of the "Otaku Fan Club" of the Otaku capitol of the world, Akihabara. We also have Kuroneko, a shy Otaku girl who oftens where gothic clothing based on her favorite anime character. Ayase, one of Kirino's model friends who is very friendly despite the fact that she lies often.

Of course, the list goes on, but they are only minor characters in the series.

The show had it's fair share of laughs and some subtle references to real anime, manga and visual novels, but a lot of times there was "fan service" for the guys watching the show which really ticked me off. Despite all this, I found this show fairly fun to watch, the most enjoyable parts being how many misunderstandings there are between characters a.

Despite the title and all the on-screen time there is with Kirino and Kyosuke together, I really hoped that he would not end up with her. Unfortunately, I was wrong.

By the end of the series, Kyosuke rejects every single girl that asks her out, and decides to fall in love with his sister instead.

Why? What was he even thinking? What made him think that it was a good idea to flat-out reject so many girls who were head over heels for him and go for his b%&$* of a sister instead?!

Throughout the entire series, we see Kyosuke help out Kirino so many times, even though she didn't deserve it and she completely ruined his social life. Why would he want to help his sister who was completely self-absorbed into her own world where only she mattered?

I truly despised the character of Kirino, and hated the fact that Kyosuke flat-out rejected so many better girls for his little sister.

In conclusion, Oreimo was a fairly fun anime to watch, but it really disappointed me in the end. The path of incest is never wise, especially when you choose a b$%&y sister over models and girls that share your personality. I recommend that you don't waste your time with this anime, especially if you have siblings (if you know what I mean).

I saw some things on Oreimo once or twice and never checked it out until I saw a picture from the wedding scene and it drew me back here. When I got to the scene I was sure would lead to a Good End I was saddened greatly because of the fact that it was such a twist on what I so dearly wanted to see.

About the Show

Kyosuke Kosaka, a normal 17-year-old high school student living in Chiba, has not gotten along with his younger sister Kirino in years. For longer
Kyosuke Kosaka, a normal 17-year-old high school student living in Chiba, has not gotten along with his younger sister Kirino in years. For longer than he can remember, Kirino has ignored his comings and goings and looked at him with spurning eyes. It seemed as if the relationship between Kyōsuke and his sister, now fourteen, would continue this way forever. One day however, Kyosuke finds a DVD case of a magical girl anime which had fallen in his house's entrance way.
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